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UsernameJonesHere t1_ja55prb wrote

Reply to comment by _Jam_Solo_ in Instagram users are being served gory videos of killing and torture by hugeplateofketchup8

This point is brought up a lot and my simple counter to it is: I don't fucking care. If I want to use Instagram to just look at my friend's photos of a bag of rusty nails Instagram shouldn't care either. No one cared about how they'd find new content before all these social media companies began introducing these intrusive algorithms to keep us on their platforms for hours and hours. It's a completely made up problem that doesn't need to exist at all.

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_Jam_Solo_ t1_ja56brr wrote

I get it you might not care, and that's fair. I think instagram was like that, but some social media should be geared towards a more global audience, and some should be more local.

Or instagram should allow the choice. I know a lot of people want to use instagram as a way of just connecting with Freund's and family, and they don't care about all the other shit. And that's fair.

But the artists need a way to connect with their fans.

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Zokrar t1_ja64y3r wrote

I think it's a bad take to compare a user's desires from a product to the goals of a CEO. The fact that Instagram is a $400 billion dollar company doesn't automatically mean that their algorithm is flawless or that it always serves the user's interests.

Consider the impact of algorithmic bias and how it can influence what content users see or don't see. Companies prioritize profits over user satisfaction or privacy, which is why it's important for users to be aware of how their data is being used and to demand transparency from these companies.

Users should have the right to use Instagram in the way that they choose, without being forced to see certain content or having their data manipulated for the benefit of a company's bottom line

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